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Live shows & tour discussion
Re: "while I work on other stuff" - 2 months ago
QuoteWild Creature Quotebetamax Well, i disagree. it's an interesting debate, but he's already said they will be sold through Kung Fu, and I doubt they will be more than 15 or so. it does strike me as a little unfair that, in addition to the cost of production, JD is hand painting each of these things, making each one different, and gets paid 15 bucks for it. but i guess that's just the kindby betamax - Mountain Goats
Re: "while I work on other stuff" - 2 months ago
Well, i disagree. Currently, anyone with 250 to spare could get one on ebay. They come up from time to time, and we often read on here that it's just too expensive for people to justify. If they go up for sale now at 15, then sure, some might be bought by resellers, but some will also be bought by fans who want to hear the music but can't afford the current 'market value'. Like me and many otby betamax - Mountain Goats
Re: "while I work on other stuff" - 2 months ago
QuoteWild Creature He should do a fundraiser set up like Kickstarter and put the CCttST at the $250 level.why?by betamax - Mountain Goats
Re: "while I work on other stuff" - 2 months ago
So look, i'm throwing this out there... if they tour in the US only, and on that tour only they sell CCTtST then i would be the happiest guy if one of you could grab me a copy. *superearlydibsies*by betamax - Mountain Goats
Re: Records that really changed your life - 5 months ago
Most of my 'life-changing' musical experiences have involved a shift in friendship groups, which has in turn shaped my politics, philosophies, outlooks. I shifted from standard indie/britpop to rock music upon hearing: Led Zeppelin II Free - Tons of Sobs Pink Floyd - Division Bell Yes - Keys to Ascension Bluesbreakers - Beano GnR - Appetite for Destruction which in turn led me to newby betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: Show us your non-musical creativity! - 5 months ago
i knit. i just started though, and it's pretty complicated sometimes but i've managed 2 scarves and a tea cosy thus far and i'm pretty happy about that.by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: WHAT FUCKING BULLSHIT - 5 months ago
Quotemike10k Quotebetamax QuoteWild Creature today is a day for mourning. absolutely. so long as when that mourning ends, the conversation in govt. turns to gun control. i hear what the poster above me says (regarding mental health, and i'm totally with that as well) but there has to be some changes, surely? are we ready to let the acts of the ill determine what a reasonable people can andby betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: WHAT FUCKING BULLSHIT - 5 months ago
QuoteWild Creature today is a day for mourning. absolutely. so long as when that mourning ends, the conversation in govt. turns to gun control. i hear what the poster above me says (regarding mental health, and i'm totally with that as well) but there has to be some changes, surely?by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: What do you guys do to promote your original music? - 5 months ago
Got a house; the jewels; the Italian race car They don't make us feel better about who we are.by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: I need some medical advice. Have you experiences? - 5 months ago
i would totally agree that multiple opinions are better - i just wanted to clarify the reason you're avoiding surgery isn't because you believe 'alternative' medicines could work (by this i mean homeopathy and the ilk). because that's bogus, and no-one should go down that road especially for something that sounds pretty serious. i hope you get better soon. (and someone else must have seeby betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: I need some medical advice. Have you experiences? - 5 months ago
hey doc - maybe i missed it, but why don't you want surgery? If a doctor said - "dude, you should have surgery" you should probably listen to that. he/she knows more than we do...by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: Metro-Ko - 5 months ago
"how people should dress" urgh. i know that genres have styles associated with them, but they're not usually prescribed in rules...by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: VIDEO GAMES (only hipsters pretend to like video games w/o actually playing them) - 6 months ago
man, i used to remember when i loved lego lego. i play games only when they've been out for a while, because then i can be sure i'm not wasting my money - if they still get good reviews four years lates, it's worth looking at. See Portal, Portal 2, Fallout:3 for examples. I'm currently playing Fallout: New Vegas for the fifth time. it's not as good as FO3 but it is still incredibly playablby betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: There's really no reason to vote - 6 months ago
\o/ also, Maine and Maryland approving same-sex marriage!by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: Union Chapel Petition - 6 months ago
signed - saw Anais Mitchell there a few years ago and it was beautiful.by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: Singing in the Post Apocalypse and the Land of New Media (Does Anyone Still Use Myspace Music? et al) - 6 months ago
from a listener point of view, i like it when a band has Bandcamp - it's a very easy to use, clean interface and it seems like the bands have control over what they make available. i haven't clicked a myspace link in, probably literally, years.by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: What are you listening to? (only hipsters listen to indie) - 6 months ago
David Tattersall of Wave Pictures fame... turns out he's a fucking fantastic guitarist and this album of fingerpicked instrumentals demonstrates it nicely. QuoteI recorded Little Martha in one day with Simon Trought at the old Soup Studio, underneath the Duke of Uke ukulele shop on Hanbury Street, just off Brick Lane in East London. There are no overdubs on the album, which was recorded liby betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: There's really no reason to vote - 6 months ago
yeah, DFW nails it.by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: There's really no reason to vote - 6 months ago
people should always vote, even if it's just to spoil your ballot.by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: There's really zero reason to vote for Romney - 6 months ago
QuotesimonfoxQuotebetamaxHuman rights and religion absolutely can and, imo, absolutely must be separated. Ideally, religion would never have an influence on any aspect of government and should certainly not allow people to pass policy that is detrimental to certain groups just because the President's particular brand of a particular religion says so. I find this view to be extremely unrealistiby betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: There's really zero reason to vote for Romney - 6 months ago
hell no! i thoroughly enjoy talking/debating with you, but it's late here and i've got the 3rd Presidential debate to watch!by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: There's really zero reason to vote for Romney - 6 months ago
for the record, i did only say 'largely' from my parents - i disagree with my folks on a lot of things, but the basics of trying to just be nice to people... that's from them. i'm not sure i can add much else to what i've said so i'll bow out (other than to reiterate my position that morals do not need to come from fear (which is what you've stated, be it God or governmental punishment)).by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: In a small room on the east coast, we were waiting [Hurricane Sandy] - 6 months ago
take care y'all.by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: There's really zero reason to vote for Romney - 6 months ago
i feel we're moving away from the subject of Romney here, but i'm not bothered - it's always a pleasure to read what you write WC, as it's usually eloquently put. My take on Biden's point was exactly as you state... Quote His position, at least as I heard it, is his acceptance that life begins at conception, but he wouldn't push that acceptance on someone else. but i don't accept this: Quoby betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: tMG-themed costume party - 6 months ago
QuoteWild Creatureand how many people are going to be at this party? all of my MGs friends are from the interwebs and live nowhere near me. yeah, this is true of me - where are you at? except those that i've convinced by playing nothing but tMG on the record player when they visit.by betamax - Mountain Goats
Re: There's really zero reason to vote for Romney - 6 months ago
On Romney: We have discussed it before, yes, and i didn't want to drag that up again - my use of the phrase 'homophobe' was loaded, and i retract it. However, Romney has, outright, said that he will not allow same-sex marriage. To me, that is not acceptable and i would not consider 'liking' anyone who held that viewpoint. I totally understand that you are not letting social issues drive youby betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: There's really zero reason to vote for Romney - 6 months ago
WC: regardless of his political nouse and job-creation abilities, you like Romney? He's a homophobe who lets his religion drive his policies on human rights, for goodness sake!by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: The Society of Poor Academics goes British? - 7 months ago
QuoteStatusFrustratio You're more than welcome to borrow my London bedroom, EE. and i would come to that show. i'll also speak to some people i know about putting on a show in Birmingham, but i don't know how to do any of that! Do you want to be the main band, or would a support slot be ok? eta: that last bit doesn't really count - i just reread and saw you'd be coming over with Yossarian.by betamax - Whole Wide World
Re: THERE ARE NO WINDOWS OR DOORS AND THE WALLS ARE ON FIRE - 7 months ago
it was definitely PF i had in mind when writing the post.by betamax - Mountain Goats